VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 01/17/13 — Pucara Resources Corp. (the "Company" or "Pucara") is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement (the "Agreement") with Esperanza Resources Corp. ("Esperanza") for the purchase of eight prospective precious and base metals properties in Peru. The properties are known as the Pucara Portfolio and are the product of many years of careful generative exploration work conducted while Pucara-s